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* LOVER OF 



MY SOUL 



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Charles Wesley 
illustrated by photo-gravures after original ©esigns 

BY 

FRANK M. GREGORY 
" Christ, our all." . 




NEW YORK 
Copyright, 1888, by 
L15DERICK A. STOKES & BROTHER 
Successors to Wiute, Stokes, & Allen 



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Jesus ! lover of ms soul, 
Xet me to tb£ bosom %" 



Jesus ! lover of mp, soul, 

Xet me to tbp. bosom flp. 
Wbile tbe billows near me roll, 

Wbile tbe tempest still is biob 
1bioe me, @ mp. Saviour ! bioe, 

XTfll tbe storm of life is past ; 
Safe into tbe baven auioe ; 

©b, receive mv. soul at last ! 



©b, receive m$ soul at last ! 



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Wtber refuse bave 1F none ; 

tbangs mp. belpless soul on tbee ; 
Xeave, ab i leave me not alone, 

Still support ano comfort me* 
Hll mp. trust on tbee is stapeo ; 

Hll mp belp from tbee 1F brlna ; 
Cover mp Defenceless beao 

Mitb tbe sbaoow of tbp wincj. 



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"Cover my defenceless beat) 
Witb tbe sbafcow of tb$ wing.' 



CLbou, © Gbrist ! art all H want ; 

ZlDore tban all In tbee 1T tint) ; 
TCatee tbe fallen, cbeer tbe faint, 

Ifoeal tbe sich, ano leab tbe blino, 
5ust ant) bols is tbs name, 

f am all unriobteousness ; 
Wile ant> fnll of sin U am, 

Ubou art full of trutb ant) grace. 



"1Deal tbe sick, anfc leafc tbe Mink" 



'lenteous arace witb tbee is founo,— 

(Brace to paroon all m£ sin ; 
Xet tbe beating streams abound, 

ZlDafee ano fteep me pure witbtn ; 
£bou of lite tbe fountain art, 

freely let me tafee of tbee ; 
Spriwj tbou up witbin ms beart, 

IRise to all eternity. 



Cbarles "WJlesles, tbe autbor of tbis bsmn, 
is among tbe most bistinguisbeb of writers of 
bpnms . , 1be was born in 170S, at JEpwortb, 
Hincoinsfetre, ;6ngtan& . . ibis fatber was 
Samuel mesley ano bis brotber was tbe great 
Jobn Wesley . . ibe was graduated at Cbrist 
Cburcb, ©jforb, was afterward tbe private sec* 
reran? of ©eneral ©gletborpe, and tben devoted 
bimself to preacbing and to assisting bis brotber 
3-obn . , De died in 1788. 



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